Friday, June 20, 2008
Restaurants Checking out Mint's Grill
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:30 PM
We journeyed to Tucker this week to visit Mint's Grill (6330 Lawrenceville Hwy., 770-414-3999), a Vietnamese restaurant opened by the same people who operate Lee's Bakery on Buford Highway.
The restaurant features classic dishes, including the beef chunks in the photo above. This is actually the "shaken beef" that Nam serves but at the very low price of $7.50. Of course, Mint's makes it with beef tenderloin while Nam uses filet mignon.
We also ordered a bun (rice vermicelli) bowl featuring lemongrass chicken (above). I didn't like it much because it had a very strong flavor of soy sauce. The owner told me the lemongrass marinade includes oyster sauce, which includes some soy. My hypersensitivity to soy aside, Wayne thoroughly enjoyed it.
Among starters, we chose the "special salad" — sliced lotus roots and other veggies with shrimp and pork, garnished with roasted peanuts and served with chili-lime sauce (left). This is very much like the lotus salad available at Com, although not nearly as complex.
I'll have more to say in next week's Grazing column.
(Photos by Cliff Bostock)
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Um, last time I checked Filet Mignon was cut from the Tenderloin of the beef. Filet Mignon is one small piece of the entire tenderloin. No difference.
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Doh...You're right. I thought so-called filet mignon was a particular cut from the tenderloin. Wrong again, apparently.
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